So I am almost being guilted into having my 2 sisters (which I'm ok with them) and my 2 FSIL as my bridal party. My oldest FSIL is adamant on being in her only brother's wedding, the other one doesn't care. If it were up to me, I would include my best friends. Unfortunately, it's a group of 5 girls who are in school all over the country, from California to Indiana to North Carolina. It just doesn't seem reasonable to expect all of them to be able to prepare for everything as a bridesmaid. Coordination and planning just seems like it would be a nightmare, not to mention that I think having 9 bridesmaids is excessive. Even if I left out my FSIL, it's too much. So, I think I am just going to have to have my 4 sisters as bridesmaids, with no maid of honor and it will be "just family" even though my FI will have friends in his. When I think about having a
bachelorette party and getting
ready for my wedding, I am not excited. My sisters are 10 and 14, his are 21 and 16. Maybe this is unreasonable, but I do not really want them at my bachelorette party. Every girl dreams of spending quality time with her best friends, not their little sisters. I wouldn't mind the oldest FSIL, but we're not that close. She can't really spend time planning anything either because she is getting married a month before us.Would it be weird to try to have my bachelorette party with my best friends, rather than my family? If that doesn't work out with them being spread all over the country, I could always do something with random friends at school, but I'd rather not do that. Would it also be weird if my best friends got ready with my the day of, even if they are not in the wedding? I don't necessarily care about the titles and what-not, I just want to be able to spend time with the people I am closest with, they are so special to me.